Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-02-28
LOCAL BREyrTIEs.

The City Board of Education will NEE
| this evening.
The overland express from the East did
not get in until Oils A. NJ. yesterday.
Shotgun experts who were out after ducks
and geese yesterday were generally quite
successful.
A water pipe burst on Fourth street. op-
posite the postoffice, last evening, and for a
| time that thoroughfare was considerably
| flooded
The Democratic City Central Committee
will meet this evening to select delegates
to constitute City Convention, to be held
Wednesday.
The swallows have come again, and were
fitting about as joyously yesterday as
they had come to stay for the season and
were glad oft.
Yesterdays warm weather thawed out
the mosquitoes, and it was evident from
their appetites that they had been on short
rations during the winter.
Sentence in the case of E. L. Cox, who
recently pleaded guilty in the Superior
Court of an assault with deadly weapon.
was on Saturday continued for one week.
The Sacramento river registered 16 feet
y
continues. melting the snow on the hill, it
may soon be expected to show a higher
figure.
The alarm of fire from box 81, Twenty.
fifth and Gsstreets, at 12:40 P NJ yesterday,
was caused by the burning of weeds at
Nineteenth and F streets, which endanz
gered fence.
About fifty sportsmen visited Whitcomb's
ranch, foIs = 1a,,,
dogs, land engaged in a hare hunt The
day was quite fine for such sport and the
hares plentiful.
The city water will be shut off at 5 o'clock
this morning from the block bounded by ]
and X. Third and Fourth streets. and re-
main off all day, in order that repairs may
be made to a broken pipe.
Officer Ferral and Jerry Ruggles arrested
Saturday night a man named +. d. Knight,
who had just been making a raid upon the
Capital Packing Company's establishment,
and got away with sixteen cans of pie
fruit.
On a dispatch from Chief Dillman, a
woman named Alice Wilson was arrested
at Oakland Saturday for petty larceny, in
stealing $43, property of ]. P. Williams.
Officer Leavy went down after her yester-
day morning, returning last evening.
The highest and lowest Signal Service re-
ports for Saturday and yesterday were $50
and 800 and $50 and 800, with northerly
winds and clear weather. heavy frost and
thin ice on Saturday, and northerly winds
and clear weather yesterday. barometer
high, but having downward tendency.
A man was noticed yesterday looking
earnestly at the "birdcage" on the dome of
the Capitol. Some one inquired what in
terested him. 81 was looking to see whether
the gold ball is on top of the dome yet. 1t
seems TO be, but Shaking his head) I'm
afraid they'll get to it yet before they leave
town."
About II A. NJ. yesterday horse attached
to buggy made very lively run through
Fourth street northward, and turned down
j. A young colored man went in pursuit
on horseback, caught the bride of the
runaway when near Third street, and be-
fore they reached Second street brought him
to stop, the only damage suffered by the
run being broken spoke in one Of the
wheels.
AL. Mast, the demon pitcher" as he
used to be called when he played here. is
paying the city visit and was present at
the game between the Atlas and Damianas
yesterday. He has been railroading in
new MEXICO anu texas IOr long u1ne,
and would like to get back to Sacramento
if possible. Probably if he should make
his home here again the Atlas would be
able to enlist him, and he would fill
long-felt want"
Charles Harvey has been arrested on
charge of petty larceny, preferred by Henry
Bennett A few days ago he offered to sell
a blackboard to Bennett, who, however
would not purchase without being satisfied
that Harvey's mother authorized the SALE
The young man brought him paper.
ostensibly signed by Mrs. Harvey, giving
permission to sell, and Bennett purchased
for $50, but subsequently found that the
youth had prepared the note himself.
One of the Southern Pacific Company's
new style of immigrant sleepers, Just out
of the shop, went into service yesterday
1t has fine stove in each end. suitable for
cooking steak or chops, making coffee or
tea, etc. There are curtains to the win
dows, and hooks so placed that the passen-
ger by the aid of piece of calico, can shut
his berth off from observation as thoroughly
as if in palace car. There are also other
conveniences, and, taken altogether, the
cars are so comfortable that there is danger
of their seriously interfering with the bust
ness of the first-class cars. There will be
twenty of these cars-ten built by the
Southern Pacific and ten by the Union Pa
cific Company-running between Omaha
and Los Angeles without change.